Paraguay

Association	Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Gerardo Gonzalez Aquino
Home stadium	Estadio Defensores del Chaco
FIFA code	PAR
First colours Second colours
First international
NA
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	5 (first in 1999)
Best result	Quarterfinals (1999, 2019)
South American U-17 Championship
Appearances	18 (first in 1986)
Best result	Runners-up (1999)

The Paraguay national under-17 football team represents Paraguay in international football competitions such as FIFA U-17 World Cup and South American Under-17 Football Championship.

The under-17 Paraguay national football team has seen and delivered along the years many of Paraguay's best talents.

The team has participated in 4 events of the FIFA U-17 World Cup and their best performance came in the 1999 World Cup held in New Zealand, when Paraguay reached the quarterfinals and finished in 5th place. Their best performance at the South American level came in the 1999 tournament in Uruguay when they finished in second place, along with two third-place finishes in 2001 and 2017 as well as three fourth-place finishes in 1988, 1997 and 2015.

In 2001, the team were crowned champions of the Milk Cup after defeating Manchester United 6–0.^[1]

FIFA U-17 World Cup FIFA U-17 World Cup record Hosts / Year Result GP W D* L GS GA 1985 Did not enter 1987 Did not qualify 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 Quarterfinals 4 2 1 1 10 6 2001 Group Stage 3 2 0 1 5 6 2003 Did not qualify 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 8 7 2017 Round of 16 4 3 0 1 10 10 2019 Quarterfinals 5 3 1 1 13 7 2023 Did not qualify 2025 To be determined Total 5/20 19 11 2 6 46 36

South American Under-17 Football Championship South American Under-17 Football Championship record Hosts / Year Result GP W D* L GS GA 1985 Did not enter 1986 Group Stage 4 1 0 3 4 6 1988 Fourth Place 7 3 0 4 6 11 1991 Group Stage 4 1 3 0 6 4 1993 Group Stage 4 2 0 2 7 6 1995 Group Stage 4 1 1 2 6 6 1997 Fourth Place 7 3 1 3 8 9 1999 Runners-up 6 3 0 3 10 13 2001 Third Place 7 2 4 1 15 12 2003 Group Stage 4 2 0 2 7 10 2005 Group Stage 4 3 0 1 12 8 2007 Group Stage 4 0 1 3 3 10 2009 Group Stage 4 1 1 2 3 7 2011 Sixth Place 9 3 1 5 14 16 2013 Fifth Place 9 3 3 3 14 12 2015 Fourth Place 9 4 3 2 19 15 2017 Third Place 9 4 4 1 16 10 2019 Third Place 9 3 4 2 13 13 2023 Fifth Place 9 3 3 3 13 11 2025 To be determined Total 18/19 113 42 29 42 176 179

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

The following players were called up for the 2025 South American U-17 Championship between 27 March – 12 April 2025.^[2]

Caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2025, after the match against  Peru.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Félix Fernández	(2009-06-10) 10 June 2009 (age 15)	2	0	Olimpia
12	1GK	Rainero Laratro	(2008-03-07) 7 March 2008 (age 17)	0	0	Libertad
22	1GK	Diego Rodríguez	(2008-07-22) 22 July 2008 (age 16)	0	0	Cerro Porteño
2	2DF	Thiago Aranda	(2008-02-25) 25 February 2008 (age 17)	2	0	Olimpia
3	2DF	Christhian Ruiz	(2008-11-12) 12 November 2008 (age 16)	0	0	Olimpia
4	2DF	Mateo Giménez	(2009-10-25) 25 October 2009 (age 15)	0	0	Libertad
6	2DF	Leo Cristaldo	(2009-01-12) 12 January 2009 (age 16)	4	0	Vélez Sarsfield
13	2DF	Mauro Coronel	(2008-05-25) 25 May 2008 (age 16)	1	0	Nacional
19	2DF	Alexis Acosta	(2008-01-23) 23 January 2008 (age 17)	2	0	Olimpia
8	3MF	Alan Ledesma	(2008-09-04) 4 September 2008 (age 16)	2	0	Olimpia
10	3MF	Carlos Franco	(2008-01-05) 5 January 2008 (age 17)	1	0	Cerro Porteño
11	3MF	Tobías Jara	(2009-05-06) 6 May 2009 (age 15)	1	0	Guaraní
14	3MF	Jhosias Campss	(2008-02-17) 17 February 2008 (age 17)	2	1	Nacional
15	3MF	Aldo Sanabria	(2008-05-09) 9 May 2008 (age 16)	2	0	Cerro Porteño
16	3MF	Fernando Zayas	(2008-10-24) 24 October 2008 (age 16)	2	1	Cerro Porteño
17	3MF	Thiago Vera	(2008-06-14) 14 June 2008 (age 16)	0	0	Libertad
23	3MF	Diego Ruiz	(2008-03-29) 29 March 2008 (age 17)	1	0	Libertad
7	4FW	Derlis Almada	(2008-02-14) 14 February 2008 (age 17)	2	0	Libertad
9	4FW	Mauricio De Carvalho	(2008-02-04) 4 February 2008 (age 17)	2	1	Cerro Porteño
18	4FW	Milan Freyres	(2008-12-08) 8 December 2008 (age 16)	2	0	Olimpia
20	4FW	Pedro Villalba	(2008-07-09) 9 July 2008 (age 16)	2	2	Libertad
21	4FW	José Buhring	(2008-02-17) 17 February 2008 (age 17)	0	0	Libertad

• Paraguay national football team
• Paraguay national under-23 football team
• Paraguay national under-20 football team
• Paraguay women's national under-17 football team

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